Kindergarten outreach

Our travelling 'museum in a van' and learning kits bring rich learning experiences to 4-year-old kindergarten groups all over metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria.

As a cultural organisation, we are the largest provider of educational kindergarten incursions in Victoria, delivering face-to-face programs to over 25,000 children in more than 500 Victorian kindergartens each year.

Museum in a van incursions

Museum in a van incursions to regional Victorian kindergartens are generously supported by the Besen Family Foundation.

Child peers through a <em>Tarbosaurus</em> skull

Museum in a van incursion: Dinosaurs and Fossils

With the aid of fossils, dinosaur bones, replicas and photographs, we go back in time to reflect on the existence of these ancient animals.

Girl patting touchable taxidermed possums

Museum in a van incursion: Australian Animals and Megafauna

Learn about Australia's unique wildlife with mounted specimens from the Museums Victoria collections.

Children learn about a Megaladon shark tooth and as they learn about sharks in the Ocean Wonders presentation

Museum in a van incursion: Ocean Wonders

Find out about the wonderful things that live on our beaches and swim in our oceans.

Kindergarten children learning about how astronauts journey to space using rockets during Museum Victoria's Rockets and Robots kindergarten incursion program

Museum in a van incursion: Rockets and Robots

Explore how we get to space with rockets, consider what it’s like to live in space and program space rover robots!

Learning kits

Learning kits are themed boxes containing objects and resources. They are designed for educators to hire, and use in kindergartens to supplement lessons.